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There are more than 1 million apps in the App Store, and while we haven't tested them all, the Mashable staff had busy fingers in 2013 -- gaming, photo editing and posting away on our favorite iPhone apps from the bunch. One type in particular -- pho...

For Microsoft, 2013 was a disaster. The company's ambitious Windows 8 operating system didn't gain much traction, its foray into tablets was a non-starter and it continued to struggle for phone sales. The discontent prompted CEO Steve Ballmer to anno...

You know the drill -- new year, new start. You may be planning to slim down, give up that gross habit or get your life in order in some way. But have you given any thought to your online world? We're taking a look at your social media life with a lis...

Seven years ago, Twitter was just a small, ragtag collection of hackers fighting over the basic premise of the company and struggling to keep the site from crashing every other day. Twitter has come a long way since then. The company is on track to b...

If there's one thing Facebook generates, besides selfies and baby pics, it's lots and lots of press. The company has more than one billion users, one of tech's most recognizable CEOs (still only 29!), and enormous stores of your personal data. Like i...

With the release of new operating system KitKat and the announcement that it hit both one billion activations and 50 billion app downloads, it's clear that 2013 has been a year of great news for Android. In the past 12 months, we've seen the release ...

Play-Doh just put all your year-end listicles to shame. The toy company recreated some of 2013's biggest moments in colorful clay, which really make the entire year seem more whimsical. The company debuted the images on its social media accounts last...

Last week, we asked for Mashable readers to vote in polls to decide the best song, TV show, movie, sports moment, and video game of 2013. After 30,000 votes across the polls, the results are in. Here are this year's champions of entertainment, accord...

While there were several notable events that dominated the airwaves in 2013, photographers around the globe captured many beautiful and newsworthy photos that not only informed us, but also inspired us. Here at Mashable, we compiled a list of the gre...

Gamers will fondly remember 2013. The year offered enough for every player to savor: new consoles, Grand Theft Auto V, indie games that stole our hearts and big Kickstarter successes that came to fruition. For those who haven't been following along q...

Next year's games have some big shoes to fill. Whether it was a blockbuster, Triple-A title or a scrappy indie game, we saw glorious examples of games reaching their full potential in 2013. This year, games pushed the envelope in narrative, whether t...

Finishing the year atop Apple's App Store list has never been more competitive. The company announced in October that the App Store features more than one million apps that have combined for more than 60 billion total app downloads. So, what does it ...

What marks a successful product? The same indicator of a successful Facebook post, tweet or status update: something you want to share with others. At least that's our view. We don't put our seal of approval, Mashable Choice, on a product unless we w...

If you only focus on the multi-billion dollar valuations of young companies like Pinterest, Uber and Snapchat, you might assume 2013 has been a very good year for tech startups. In reality, it has been more of a bittersweet year. Many early-stage com...

While "flat" was certainly the biggest design buzzword of 2013, perhaps the most important trends of the year came from the mainstreaming of responsive and adaptive design, increasing collaboration between designers and developers. Even average web u...

Even after thousands of years, we're still finding new forms of life on Earth -- both past and present. In 2013, scientists pushed human knowledge of biodiversity to new heights, uncovering a host of new species, from tiny insects to a cuddly-looking...

While much of the discussion in the gaming world this year centered around the highly-anticipated releases of the Xbox One and the PlayStation 4 gaming consoles, 2013 has also been a strong year for releases of individual games. Celebrated franchises...

While 2013 had all of the slam dunks, home runs and touchdowns essential to any highlight reel, it was also a year full of moments that reminded us how sports can bring us together. We watched Andy Murray unify a nation when he became the first Briti...

As mobile hardware and game developers push the limits of technology for entertainment, more thrilling games feature experiences as fun as PC or console titles. This year was no exception. Dozens of excellent releases hit app stores in 2013. This lis...

At a time when online streaming is more commonplace than ever, 2013 was a great reminder that there's still something to be said for going to see a film in theaters. Gravity held audiences breathless, shattering box office records along the way, and ...

If your New Year’s resolutions include quitting your job and starting a business, you’re not alone. What could be more fulfilling than calling the shots, setting your own hours, and making things happen? However, going off on your own is no easy feat...

In many ways, the debate over which television show stole the year is the toughest of the end-of-year debates. Do you recognize the bittersweet ending of a beloved classic like NBC's 30 Rock, or do you give credit to shows currently hitting their ful...

Where does one even begin to measure how much she's read in the past year? An Instapaper or Pocket queue? A stack of half-finished books for book club? A list of Twitter favs? Perhaps it doesn't need measurement. It's gratifying to read something so ...

Tech habits can be particularly tough to break, especially when you interact with multiple digital interfaces everyday. But just because your bad habits are ingrained into your daily device routine, that doesn't mean they're excusable. The beginning ...

Google celebrated its 15th anniversary this year, but showed none of the creeping complacency that have derailed other dominant tech companies. For the search giant, 2013 was simply another year during which it solidified its place in the center of j...

The debate over who won the year in music has plenty of unforgettable talking points: Daft Punk returned. Justin Timberlake and Jay Z joined forces. And headline magnet Miley Cyrus shocked everyone with her controversial MTV VMAs performance with Rob...

2013 was a big year for consumer health technology. According to mobile tech consultancy Research2Guidance, there are now close to 100,000 mobile health apps in 62 app stores, with the top 10 apps generating over 4 million free downloads every day. T...

Did Microsoft have a good year or a bad year? For a company as sprawling as the creator of Windows, Office and the Xbox, it can be hard to tell. Microsoft grabbed plenty of headlines in 2013, but for many different reasons. To figure out whether or n...

While 2013 will be remembered as the year of the NSA leaks, privacy was already a hot topic for lawmakers around the country before Edward Snowden exposed top-secret surveillance programs. U.S. states like Montana, Maine and Texas have all passed law...

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